"In order for us to become superstars, a paradigm shift of the largest order would need to take place in the world. I'm not ruling that out. We're living in interesting times and I'm willing to break new ground." Robert Harrison of Austin uber-popsters Cotton Mather still thinking big in the latest ed. of Popculturepress. It's a great long interview/feature disinterring the history of the band and most generously the mag's put the whole thing up on it's site...

Day jobs of the stars No.2: Whit Williams, guitarist, Cotton Mather - librarian

Still in guitar-heavy (if rather more straight-forward) power-pop territory, spinART releases the latest from Tommy Keene on June 4. reallyrather must confess to finding this veteran more appealing in theory than in practise - the albums generally 'read' well and he obviously knows his stuff but the reality often seems a just bit too pat. For The merry-go-round broke down he's joined by Jesse Valenzuela of the Gin Blossoms and Jay Bennett; his site offers a sample track...

Not surprisingly, the Guardian and the Independent were both at the Wilco show...